Summary

JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY IN THE TILLIE TOOTER TRIAL. SHE IS THE GRANDMOTHER WHO SURVIVED DAYS IN A SWAMP AFTER HER CAR WAS KNOCKED OFF A HIGHWAY. PROSECUTORS SAY THE MAN ACCUSED OF CAUSING THE ACCIDENT IS TRYING TO STRIKE A DEAL IN THE CASE.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 224563
Story Slug Swamp - Grandma - Trial
Location Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Format PKG
Date 02/26/2002
Archive Time 30:40
TRT 1:25
Supers Fort Lauderdale, August 2000 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Gregg Rossman, Prosecutor Lynn Gordon, Reporting
Video Description TOOTER SOT, BRUISE ON HER HEAD, TOOTER IN WHEELCHAIR, SCENE OF THE CRIME, CAR BEING PULLED OUT, INSIDE COURTROOM, CU OF DEFENDANT, MORE OF RESCUING HER CAR, VIDEO OF CRASHED CAR, DEFENDANT'S MOTHER IN TEARS, VARIOUS SHOTS OF COURTROOM.PROSECUTOR SOT.
Description JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY IN THE TILLIE TOOTER TRIAL. SHE IS THE GRANDMOTHER WHO SURVIVED DAYS IN A SWAMP AFTER HER CAR WAS KNOCKED OFF A HIGHWAY. PROSECUTORS SAY THE MAN ACCUSED OF CAUSING THE ACCIDENT IS TRYING TO STRIKE A DEAL IN THE CASE.
Script (LEAD) JURY SELECTION UNDERWAY IN THE TILLE TOOTER TRIAL. SHE'S THE SOUTH FLORIDA GRANDMA WHO SURVIVED SEVERAL DAYS IN A SWAMP AFTER HER CAR WAS KNOCKED OFF THE ROAD. BUT THE TRIAL MAY NEVER HAPPEN BECAUSE THE MAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING THE GRANDMOTHER OFF THE ROAD IS TRYING TO STRIKE A DEAL. LYNN GORDON HAS THE STORY FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE. (PKG) (SOT- "I screamed, I ranted, I raved.") SHE BECAME A NATIONAL CELEBRITY, TILLE TOOTER FROM PEMBROKE PINES SURVIVING FOR THREE DAYS ON RAIN WATER AND A PIECE OF CANDY, ALL AFTER HER CAR WAS BUMPED OFF I-5-95 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE MIRACULOUS RESCUE TAKING PLACE AFTER A MAN PICKING UP TRASH ALONG THE HIGHWAY TOOTER AND CALLED FOR HELP. (NATS) NOW THE MAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING TOOTER OFF THE ROAD A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, IS READY TO STAND TRIAL. 22-YEAR-OLD SCOTT CAMPBELL (??) CHARGED WITH LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES AND FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT. PROSECUTORS SAY CAMPBELL FAILED TO CALL POLICE AFTER HE HIT TOOTER. BUT DEFENSE ATTORNEYS MAINTAIN CAMPBELL FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND DIDN'T KNOW HE HIT TOOTER. THE YOUNG MAN'S PARENTS IN COURT, HIS MOTHER WIPING AWAY TEARS. BUT JUST AS JURY SELECTION WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN, PROSECUTOR GREGG ROSSMAN OFFERING THE DEFENDANT A PLEA DEAL. (SOT-ROSSMAN- "An ajudication, five years probation, leaving open to the court based on the testimony from either Mr. Cambell, Ms. Tooter certainly is involved, the victim as to whether the court deemed whether or not there was a day worth of county jail time or none.") RECAP
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